Discuss: So, How was 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'?

* It took them 20 years to come up with this?
* It’s not quite as horrific as I had feared it would be. Having said that, there really wasn’t that much I enjoyed.
* If I had been given the choice of either having the movie i saw today being the 4th Indy film, or not having a 4th one at all, this one’s just bad enough that I think I would’ve gone with the latter option.
* There are a lot of moments in this movie where Indy gets the same treatment Han Solo got in “Return of the Jedi”. Namely, “imbecile”-treatment.
* There is one action sequence in this film involving monkeys which is groaningly preposterous. I mean, it’s so bad, it’s almost at the same level as Peter Parker turning super-stud, playing the piano, and dancing on tables in Spiderman 3. As many ridiculous action scenes as there have been in the Indiana Jones movies, this one takes the cake as the stupidest one.

Oh well. Maybe I’ll stick in my Raiders DVD now and try to wash off the negative vibes. I suppose I should be thankful Uncle Georgie didn’t pull a complete “Star Wars” on me and bash this franchise’s crystal skull in too.

Reply

After 19 years, the film brings back our aging hero, Harrison Ford, who is simply amazing as the adventurous archaeologist.

It's loud, over-the-top (I.E. the nuclear explosion which just made me shake my head and laugh), but man this is what summmer movies and nostiglia are all about!!

A 100% fun ride...made me feel if I was a kid 1 more time! & that is what films like this are about..put the brain on check and have fun! Don't think, just sit back and have fun.... & be a kid again, even if it's for 2 hours!

Best Part: The Ants...Ohhh God I loved the ants....WOW!!!

My Raring: B+

Reply

The new Indiana Jones movie has good action scenes but I think this type of treasure hunting theme is long on the tooth. Harrison Ford is too old for this role despite clever specials effects to enhance his physical ability. This movie lacks the magic touch of 2 previous films because Stephen Spielberg seems to be running out of villians. The scene of young lad swinging on the vines is too cheesy. It resembles cheap, low budget movie.

Reply

I do not have a single negative thing to say about this movie. I absolutely LOVED it! This film completely blew me away. Yes it was different, but it was still Indy through and through. And honestly, if you weren't expecting it to be different than you were deluding yourself, quite frankly.

Nothing will ever top Last Crusade for me, but hot damn this definitely takes second place.

I guess people online will complain about anything, it seems. Either that or everyone has forgotten how to just sit back and have fun at the movies. Or else I saw a completely different film than everyone else, because I literally loved every second of this.


And about the Shia swinging in the trees bit, OMG that was FAR from a big deal. First off, it was two bloddy shots, totalling about 10 seconds. Secondly, how else was he supposed to get out of that situation than by swinging on the vines? Third, it was obviously a parallel of Indy swinging on the whip. And finally, it was no more rediculous than, say, a 10 year old driving a car, and that scene was really long.

Reply

How else was he supposed to get out of the situation except by swinging on the vines?

May I remind you that this is a movie? The situation is not real? He could've grown wings on the spot and flown out of that "situation" had Georgie wanted him too. The point is, it was ridiculous.

Reply

For me, it was like going to one of those chinese-fusion resturants. It looks like a chinese resturant, has a name like one (peking garden, etc) and the menu has all the stuff you would expect at a chinese resturant but then the food comes out... and while it's still tasty, it's not really chinese food.

This trip with Indy felt that way to me... to me, it was a movie about a guy who looked and sounded very much like the Dr. jones I grew up with, and I had a great time watching and cheering for him but it wasn't really Indiana Jones.

Reply

It was all I expected it to be. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Reply

I am just puzzled that it took them so long to get a script together that they couldn't find one and THIS was the script that got them to do it? I love Indy and I'm so thrilled to have a 4th movie and that Shia Lebeouf is in it --- guess that's one good reason for the wait to have him in it. It has some great scenes and I hope that they have it in them to have a 5th~

Reply

I liked it a lot, but like previous posters said the script is just OK, and the alein s was a bad idea from the get go

also it feels tat for most of the movie the filmmakers are fighting the urge to go CGI nuts, and at the end the urge was too powerful so they unleashed and it resulted on the worst part of the movie

like someone said on the way out, "it was good but too much CGI"

Reply

after watching the movie, i did some research, and after a few hours i came up with the formula i believe steven spielberg came up with for indiana jones 4.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/JoeX9/stevenspielbergsformula.jpg

Reply

ok this was indy 4 or ET part 2 ??? I really HATED The ending .... They should had gone with a lost atlantis script that was floating around the internet a few years ago that would have been 11000000 times better unless they would have toss aliens into it :(

Reply

I'm not sure who tried harder to ruin it; Spielberg, Lucas, or Shia.

Blanchett, Hurt, the mushroom cloud scene, and the ship takeoff were the only redeeming aspects. However, those don't even begin to make up for every fight scene involving Shia, the monkey swinging, the shoddy storyline, and THREE waterfall drops in a row.

This wasn't an Indy movie. It was a rip-off of the Mummy movies, which were rip-offs of the original Indy movies. The saddest part of all was a total lack of Indiana Jones' character as seen in the previous films. Spielberg and Lucas should never be allowed to make movies again.

Reply

Hmm, I still haven't made my mind up what I think about the film, but the fact I was actually feeling a bit nautious when I left the movietheatre last night should say enough. Don't get me wrong: I loved the part before the break. Apart from the sometimes silly script, the film worked. Then, they started added things which I thought were ridiculous, but accepted nonetheless (the monkeys! the three drops! etc). Once I saw the fricking alien though, I lost it. Aliens! Until then, I was able to accept the shoddy plotline and bad jokes. It worked. But come on, the moment they show that silly alien, it just becomes stupid. The other low-point for me, was when the whole UFO went back up, Indy asks something like: where are they going, back to space? And Ox says: no, the space between space. Come on!

Don't get me wrong, on the whole the movie is not that bad. I still loved Harrison Ford, it had good moments, I had fun. But I just care so much about this franchise, that I get a bit protective of it. I will probably see a couple of times more the next weeks, so I might have another position in a week.

Reply

Indy was a hero of mine when I was but a small child, The first movie I seen where ALL of the audience would cheer together, scream and laugh at almost every scene. The atmosphere was electric, exciting and amazing to a kid like me. That was Temple of Doom.
I rushed out to be the first to own the trilogy on DVD and then spent the rest of the day watching every one inc the bonus disc with my flat mates. Reminiscing.

Indy 4 - I took my Girlfriend to see this, 23/05/08 12:01 am. I wanted, no needed to be one of the first to see it on the big screen. All the fun and excitement Indy has given me over the years. I walked out at the end stunned!
I couldn't believe it, how could they turn Indy in to THIS. This clown of a film, Aliens? Double, Triple, quadruple agents? What? No Jones Snr? Didn't he drink from the cup of Christ?

I was embarrassed, ashamed and angry. I write this as I'm sure other Indy fans feel the same. For me this film should be ranked with Terminator 3. Movies that should have never been made.

Boo!!! Lucas Boo!!! Uncle Georgie

Reply